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I don't mind the appearance of a rival, it almost has to happen at some point in a romance lest we'd be left without much of a conflict, but I have to say I was really enjoying the process of Mei slowly opening up and developing her relationship with Yamato without any further inhibitors.

I guess we couldn't have a whole show of that, though. I'm curious to see where they take it from here.

actually, i don't think she's trying to steal him away. i think she's a sincere character who's unintentionally hurting Mei.

but man, what a cliffhanger. and the imagery through the whole episode was stellar. from the bright afternoon when Yamato and Mei were walking together, to the sunset when she was walking along, to the placement of the chairs and who was sitting where when they were talking about the meeting, the the shadows and use of lighting at the actual shoot. well done.

Yamato in a magazine.
Mei having doubts and jealousy attacks.
I guess that was the point.
Megumi is playing an interesting game to separate him and Mei.
Mei was working hard on her cooking, but that couldn't compare to Megumi's plan.
Megumi and Yamato always together on every photo just made things worse for Mei.
At least all of it gave her some much needed courage for that epic kiss.

Aiko is becoming one of my favourite characters. Her insightful observation and advice that hit the right spot spur Mei into action. Mei, the shy Mei, boldly claims Yamato as her man by kissing him in the public. Never had I imagined that she would do that. This last bit erases the frustration I had been feeling when watching Megumi's evil machination. Take that, biaatch, lol.

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I haven't watched episode 7 yet, but to all of those who say that Megumi was being genuine, did you guys not notice that she explicitly stated to Yamato that she doesn't care if he already has a girlfriend, because she wanted to "have fun" with him anyway? I get the impression that she could be the most malicious person in the show yet, even moreso than Hayakawa.

I'm going to offer a perspective that might be quite potentially heretical. Through out this entire episode, I thought to myself how much more different this episode would have felt, if Sukkite Ii belonged to the harem, rather than Shoujo genre, with Yamato as the harem protagonist.

The scary thought is, from a Harem standpoint, Yamato would be one of the best protagonist ever written in that genre. Indeed, if we look at this from Yamato's point of view, we have a situation with many parallels to that of a Harem protagonist, with Mei serving as the main girl.

Looking at this episode from a Harem, as opposed to a Shojou perspective, I realized that it was harder to bear hostility against Megumi. This is especially after we get a peek into Megumi's life herself, which is a very interesting one in it's own right. Had Sukkitte Ii (The horror! Blasphemy!) been a harem instead of Shoujo, and we were seeing it from Yamato's view point, then a "Megumi" route would have made Megumi one of the more popular Secondary Characters in the harem. Quite like what we see in other Visual Novels, where there's usually a girl who is regarded on par with the Lead Girl, or even better than the Lead Girl..

It's just an observation that came to my mind when the Anime PoV switched to Yamato, and gave us peek into Megumi's life.

It's interesting that we find this objectionable in a Shoujo, but in a harem, we would either shrug, or declare Megumi a girl we would like to see a full route of. Here, we call her malicious. To be honest, I think she's not so much malicious, but lonely after that scene with her and Yamato in that small apartment.

One Genre's Heroine is another's Love Rival.

It also illustrates well, the Fridge Horror of how choosing another route might make the main girl suffer.

It's an interesting thought experiment to consider whether Sukkite would have been weaker had we seen the show from Yamato's, as opposed to Mei's viewpoint. If we see this show from Yamato's viewpoint, I have no doubt we'd be hailing this as one of the most realistic and best written "Harem/Romance" in the past few years. As it is, Sukkitte is top class Shoujo, but it's interesting that the quality of Shoujo writing is higher.

Spoiler for Genre Clarifications:

Yes, I know that the opposite of Harem is Otome. But, while Sukkite is NOT Otome from Mei's perspective, it is Harem from Yamato's perspective.

I haven't watched episode 7 yet, but to all of those who say that Megumi was being genuine, did you guys not notice that she explicitly stated to Yamato that she doesn't care if he already has a girlfriend, because she wanted to "have fun" with him anyway? I get the impression that she could be the most malicious person in the show yet, even moreso than Hayakawa.

It's good that you remind us of that. But do watch ep7. She's certainly using her wiles on the surprisingly innocent Yamato, but her apartment tells a rather more positive story about her. Unless there is some subterfuge going on there, she is a hard-working, serious, and independent girl. I certainly want Mei to win, but I don't actually hate Megu.

Like everyone else, I loved that last scene. You go, girl. Of course, Mei will now start to doubt herself again. I hope Yamato felt the full meaning of what she did. I'm pretty confident that all will end well, which is what enabled me to stand this episode, lol.

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Kimura Juri木村珠莉 Joined Tokyo Voice Actors' Co-op in 2011, did voice-overs for corporate presentations. Anime bit parts 2013-14. Stars in Shirobako as Miyamori, will star in Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku (spring). Enjoys music, looking at Buddha images, reading. Used to work at a bookstore. Says she is a maudlin drunk. Age unknown.Hashihime blog | Twitter@nakanokimi |

Megu is not "evil" and has a lonely life despite her fame as a model by living alone. That said, she is clearly running some game. She has increased the time she spends with Yamato in a clever and most convenient fashion. Since they spend more time together due to work, it is a legit reason and at least has surface cover/plausible deniability to prevent it from looking outright trashy. However, the intentions are clear. I hope she can get a good man without splitting the happiness of another. But this is high school and folks are going to compete with each other.

I agree, Megu may be bitchy but she is not exactly evil. I have noticed that this anime has the habit of making the characters redeeming themselves. Not downright evil, just probably very flawed, similar to many shoujo animes set in the high school.

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